2004 All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship
The 2004 All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship was the twelfth season of Japan Automobile Federation GT premiere racing and the final season under the name All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship as for 2005 the series was renamed to Super GT. It was marked as well as the twenty-second season of a JAF-sanctioned sports car racing championship dating back to the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship. The GT500 class champions of 2004 were the #1 Xanavi NISMO Nissan Fairlady Z team driven by Satoshi Motoyama and Richard Lyons and the GT300 class champions were the #16 M-TEC Honda NSX driven by Tetsuya Yamano and Hiroyuki Yagi.
Drivers and teams
GT500
GT300
Team | Make | Car | Engine | No. | Drivers | Tyre | Rounds |
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Verno Tokai Dream28 | Honda | Honda NSX | Honda C32B 3.4 L V6 | 2 | ![]() | K | All |
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Team Mach | Vemac | Vemac RD320R | Honda C32B 3.4 L V6 | 5 | ![]() | Y | All |
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RE Amemiya Racing | Mazda | Mazda RX-7 | Mazda RE20B 2.0 L 3-rotor | 7 | ![]() | Y | All |
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A&S Racing | Mosler | Mosler MT900R | Chevrolet LS1 6.2 L V8 | 9 | ![]() | Y | All |
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Jim Gainer Racing | Ferrari | Ferrari 360 | Ferrari F131B 3.6 L V8 | 10 | ![]() | D | All |
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M-TEC | Honda | Honda NSX | Honda C32B 3.5 L V6 | 16 | ![]() | D | All |
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Spirit Motorsport | Toyota | Toyota Celica | Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4 | 17 | ![]() | Y | All |
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Racing Project Bandoh | Toyota | Toyota Celica | Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4 | 19 | ![]() | Y | All |
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Hitotsuyama Racing | Porsche | Porsche 996 GT3 RSR | Porsche M96/73 3.6 L F6 | 20 | ![]() | Y | All |
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Team Taisan | Porsche | Porsche 996 GT3-R | Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 | 26 | ![]() | Y | All |
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Team Reckless | Toyota | Toyota MR-S | Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4 | 30 | ![]() | BF | All |
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A'PEX with apr | Toyota | Toyota MR-S | Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4 | 31 | ![]() | BF | All |
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Autobacs Racing Team Aguri | ASL | ASL ARTA Garaiya | Nissan VQ35DE 3.5 L V6 | 43 | ![]() | BF | All |
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Auto Staff Racing | Nissan | Nissan Silvia (S15) | Nissan SR20DET 2.0 L Turbo I4 | 51 | ![]() | Y | All |
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Toyota Team Cerumo | Toyota | Toyota Celica | Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4 | 52 | ![]() | D | All |
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Team LeyJun | Vemac | Vemac RD320R | Honda C32B 3.4 L V6 | 63 | ![]() | D | All |
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Team Gaikokuya | Porsche | Porsche 996 GT3-RS | Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 | 70 | ![]() | Y | All |
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Cusco Racing | Subaru | Subaru Impreza WRX STI | Subaru EJ20 2.0 L Turbo F4 | 77 | ![]() | Y | All |
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Team Daishin | Nissan | Nissan Fairlady Z | Nissan VQ35DE 3.5 L V6 | 80 | ![]() | Y | All |
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Arktech Motorsports | Porsche | Porsche 986 Boxster | Porsche M44/12 3.0 L I4 | 110 | ![]() | Y | 1–5, 7 |
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Porsche 996 GT3 Cup | Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 | 112 | ![]() | 2, 4 | |||
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910 Racing | Porsche | Porsche 996 GT3 RS | Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 | 910 | ![]() | Y | All |
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Schedule
Round | Race | Circuit | Date |
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1 | GT Championship in TI | ![]() | April 4 |
2 | SUGO GT Championship | ![]() | May 23 |
3 | Japan GT Championship Malaysia | ![]() | June 19 |
4 | Hokkaido Gran GT Championship | ![]() | July 18 |
5 | Motegi GT Championship Race | ![]() | September 5 |
6 | Japan GT in Kyushu 300 km | ![]() | October 31 |
7 | Suzuka GT 300 km | ![]() | November 21 |
NC | JGTC All-Star GT Live USA | ![]() | December 18 |
December 19 |
Season results
Standings
GT500 class
Drivers' standings
- Scoring system
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
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Points | 20 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Qualifying | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Fastest Lap | 1 | 1 | 1 |
- There were no points awarded for pole position and fastest lap in the final race.
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Teams' standings
For teams that entered multiple cars, only the best result from each round counted towards the teams' championship.[1]
Rank | Driver | No. | TAI![]() | SUG![]() | SEP![]() | TOK![]() | MOT![]() | AUT![]() | SUZ![]() | PTS |
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1 | Nismo | 1 | 1 | 15DNS | 3 | 17Ret | 3 | 1 | 7 | 98 |
22 | 9 | 14Ret | 6 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 18Ret | |||
2 | Toyota Team SARD | 39 | 3 | 13Ret | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 61 |
3 | Toyota Team TOM'S | 36 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 60 |
37 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | |||
4 | Esso Toyota Team LeMans | 6 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 17Ret | 57 |
5 | Hasemi Motorsport | 3 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 17Ret | 3 | 50 |
6 | Toyota Team Cerumo | 38 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 45 |
7 | Epson Nakajima Racing | 32 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 42 |
8 | Kraft | 35 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 16 | 37 |
9 | Team Impul | 12 | 8 | 10 | 17Ret | 11 | 16Ret | 5 | 1 | 35 |
10 | Team Advan Tsuchiya | 25 | 14 | 2 | 16Ret | 13 | 12 | 3 | 10 | 31 |
11 | Team Kunimitsu with Mooncraft | 100 | 16Ret | 8 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 |
12 | Dome Racing Team | 18 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 6 |
13 | Autobacs Racing Team Aguri | 8 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 2 |
- | Amprex Motorsports | 15 | 12 | 15 | 0 | |||||
- | Hitotsuyama Racing | 21 | 15 | 16DNQ | 13 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 0 |
- | R&D Sport | 62 | 13 | 0 | ||||||
- | JLOC | 88 | 17DNQ | 18Ret | 18DNQ | 17Ret | 16Ret | 15 | 0 | |
Rank | Driver | No. | TAI![]() | SUG![]() | SEP![]() | TOK![]() | MOT![]() | AUT![]() | SUZ![]() | PTS |
GT300 class (Top 5)
Drivers
Rank | Drivers | Number/Team | Points | Wins |
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1 | ![]() ![]() | #16 M-TEC Honda NSX | 93 | 1 |
2 | ![]() ![]() | #43 ARTA ASL Garaiya | 92 | 2 |
3 | ![]() ![]() | #10 Team Gainer Ferrari F360 | 64 | 1 |
4 | ![]() ![]() | #7 RE Amemiya Mazda RX-7 | 55 | 2 |
5 | ![]() ![]() | #19 WedsSport Toyota Celica | 48 | 1 |
References
- ^ "JGTC.net | 2004 Series Point Ranking | Team". supergt.net. Retrieved 2021-10-16.
External links
- Super GT/JGTC official race archive (in Japanese)
- 2004 season results